On Friday, September 13, 2024, the car news website Autoblog.com will cease to exist. The site that started with the philosophy of covering every single scrap of automotive news is shutting down after 20 years in the biz. And though we had, at times, an adversarial relationship with the ’Blog, you won’t find one Jalopnik … Read more
Image: Hoonigan Racing Hoonigan, one of the biggest automotive brands to emerge in the 2010s, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. 2025 Jetta GLI: The Last Manual Volkswagen In the filing, it’s revealed that the company is $1.2 billion in debt. Through the restructuring, the company hopes to come out of chapter 11 … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, June 20, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Fisker Messed Up At Every Turn When Fisker … Read more
As the used car market returns to normal, buyers on a budget looking for affordable cars are still facing challenges. While there are some helpful strategies to get a quality ride at a reasonable price, putting an artificial cap of 100,000 miles is not one of them. Feds Want To Stop Shady Car Sales Naturally, … Read more
A Garuda Indonesia planePhoto: NurPhoto / Contributor (Getty Images) This really just hasn’t been Boeing’s year. It’s currently facing criminal charges over the Justice Department’s claim that it violated the terms of a previous agreement related to two 737 Max crashes, and of course, you can’t forget about the door plug blowing out mid-flight. Now, … Read more
Image: Fisker Fisker just can’t catch a break. The automaker is still currently teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. And despite huge discounts on the Ocean, the vehicle is mess of issues. If a recent earnings call is to be believed, however, the Ocean itself might not matter much anymore. This Is The New Mercedes-Maybach Night … Read more
Photo: Stuart C. Wilson / Stringer (Getty Images) We’ve known for a while now that The Grand Tour as we currently know it would be going away. Back in January, Clarkson, who was fired from Top Gear for punching a producer over a sandwich, told The Times of London that he’s too “unfit and fat … Read more
Dave Ramsey may be an expert at running a toxic company where employees aren’t even treated with basic respect, but when it comes to giving financial advice, he has a questionable background at best. Earlier this month, he gave some truly dumb advice to a woman whose husband got taken advantage of by a Kia … Read more
